Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu was one of the first stars to congratulate in 140 characters. She wrote: "OMG! So excited Baby B is Daddy to a lil Angel! Congrats Ash n @juniorbachchan n to d entire family!Welcome sweet baby girl:)"

Boman Irani and Anubhav Sinha

Actor Boman Irani, who's worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Waqt: The Race Againt Time and Eklavya and with Abhishek in Game, was ecstatic when the news got out. He tweeted to Abhishek, '@juniorbachchan OHHHH MAAAARAAAAA BAAAAAAP!!!!! Overjoyed my darlings!!!!!!'

His next tweet was directed to the Big B. He wrote: '@SrBachchan Dadaji!!!!!! All of us here are delirious with joy! Bless you all!'

Javed Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani

Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar got a little nostalgic as he tweeted to Amitabh Bachchan, 'Congratulations Amitabh ji, this has evoked my memory of the day when Shweta was born. Time flies and how swiftly !!'

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani tweeted, 'Congratulations Ab and Ash.. Lots of love to the new angel in your life. Love'

Sonam Kapoor and Celina Jaitley

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who's done Delhi 6 with Abhishek and will be seen in Players too, tweeted, 'CONGRATULATIONS @SrBachchan and @juniorbachchan!! I'm so so excited for you! Lots and lots of love and happiness!'

Arjun Rampal and Raveena Tandon

Arjun Rampal also greeted the Bachchan family on Twitter. He wrote: 'Congratulation daddy cool @juniorbachchan and the coolest DaDaji @SrBachchan and the most beautiful Mommy Ash and the lovely Dadi Jayaji.'